Omaha daily bee., 1887-06-11
SHUTTING OUT THE MINORITY
The Government Successfully Prepares 70
Smother Debate on the Crimes Bill.
NO HEED PAID TO PROTESTS.
Gladstone and Parneil Make vigora
ous Speeches Dcnouncing the
Unfairncss of the Move
mcnt-Foreign News.
Rushing the Crimes RiIl.

LONDON, June l0-ln the commons this
evening Smith moved the resolution pre-
viously announced requesting that at 10 y. M.
on the 18th the chairman forthwith put tho
question on any motion, amendment or pros
posal touching the clause Of the crimes billS
then under discussion. then on the clause
itself, and finally on each remaining clause.
lie urged that the step was forced upon the
government by continued obstruction. Itl
was absolutely necessary for the dignity and
efficiency Of the house that the attempts to |
prevent the progress of business be defeated. !
1t was now the fourth month Of the session,
and practically nothing had been done. The !
whole course of legislation had been stopped. 4
The government desired due consideration
given the rights of the minority, but II was
undoubtedly the duty Of the government in
the circumstances, without parallel In the
history of parliament, to call upon the house
to take measures to prevent the minority
from setting at defiance the controlling
power of the majority.
Gladstone said longer notice ehould have
been given of this important motion. Tho
present state of affairs had been brought
about by the government themselves. They
had been pursuing Ing false: futile policy Of
former occasions. They disregarded all the
usages and traditions of parliament In the
conduct of the measure which they had,
under the name of the crimes bill, intro
duced. He would suggest to the governments
that a rational mode to expedite the bill
would be to make 1t temporary instead Of
permanent, and to strike out all provisions
touching combinations apart from crime. II
The, government rejected that remedy, and
had no other to propose, the offensive char.
acter OF the bill would be retained in full
by offering opposition which he knew would
be Intellectual lie would therefore content
himself by protesting against the excuse now
rarnel said he could not understand
tho faulty of the government rush,
;y which I'll tthey haa , already seen seen would,
government speakers hnrped on the theme
OF "Obstruction." AS a matter of fact, the
Irish members had not lifted one voice
against any measure except the coercion bill,
which they were bound to resist to the ut.
most. He concluded by moving an amend
mpnt that the house decline to sanction tho
resolution limiting the freedom of debate
and assaling the rights of the minority.
Harcourt warned the government that their
proposal might be used by future govern
ment as a precedent for carrying the home
rule bill in "A fortnight, and that other meas
way.
Goschen, chancellor of the exchequer, said
that parliament and the country had had
enough of this unlimited discussion. 1t was
Parnellites continued the discussion. Smith
moved cloture, which was carried-2S4 to 167.
Parnelrs amendment was rejected-301 to
1S1.
After further discussion Smiths complete
motion was carried under cloture-245 to 93
----amid cheers and counter cheers. Smith
then proposed TO POSTPONE further discug-
sion OF the bill In committee till Monday.
Healy asked that the discussion be pro-
ceeded with Saturday, but Smith declined.
Conybesr. supporting Healy, was comment
in ~ nj tha htltn oil Of havS
the latter appealed to the chair. The chair
said: .! must say the whole tone of this do
bate has been disgrace to the house,"
Conybear was about to continue, when
Smith moved clOture which was carricd-2O9
to 73. lCries of "Shane," "Disgraceful,"
ETC..
A motion to postpone the discussion In
committee until Monday was carried-203 TO
~. Smith moved to adjourn. Mr.. Heay
objected. Cheers and voice, HE will have
his holiday" greeted the final application Of
cloture, carrying the motion to adjOurn-20a
to II.